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The past decades have seen enormous changes in our perceptions of 'security', the causes of insecurity and the measures adopted to address them. Threats of terrorism and the impacts of globalisation and mass migration have shaped our identities, politics and world views. This volume of essays analyses these shifts in thinking and, in particular, critically engages with the concept of 'human security' from legal, international relations and human rights perspectives. Contributors consider the special circumstances of non-citizens, such as refugees, migrants, and displaced and stateless persons, and assess whether, conceptually and practically, 'human security' helps to address the multiple challenges they face.
Refugees --- Foreign workers --- Statelessness. --- Human rights. --- National security. --- Security, International. --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- National security --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Economic policy --- Military policy --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Statelessness --- Citizenship --- Public law --- Expatriation --- Stateless persons --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Government policy --- Law and legislation --- Security, International --- 821.5 Mensenrechten --- 844.3 Migratie en vluchtelingen --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Law --- General and Others
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Few African countries provide for an explicit right to a nationality. Laws and practices governing citizenship effectively leave hundreds of thousands of people in Africa without a country. These stateless Africans can neither vote nor stand for office; they cannot enrol their children in school, travel freely, or own property; they cannot work for the government; they are exposed to human rights abuses. Statelessness exacerbates and underlies tensions in many regions of the continent. Citizenship Law in Africa, a comparative study by two programs of the Open Society Foundations, describes the
Citizenship --- Stateless persons --- Naturalization --- Human rights --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Naturalisation --- Law and legislation --- Nationality. --- National law. --- Emigration and immigration law --- Political science --- Public law --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Political rights --- Emigration and immigration --- Immigrants --- Immigration law --- Law, Emigration --- Law, Immigration --- International travel regulations --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Aliens --- Statelessness --- International law
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